The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-29

Miss Pamela, "that you don't have
shad over here? What, you never
heard OF them? Well, I'd like some
soft-shell CLAIMS"
mo such thing in our market,
men,"
"Why, you poor creatures" said
the pitying Miss Pamela, "what de-
you eat? You don't seem TO have
anything good. Did you ever hear ol
a mutton-chop?"
ooh, certainly, mem. Henglish
mutton beats all in the world, Pve
always 'eard say"
81 don't believe it's @ whit better
than ours," retorted the uncompronl.
ising Miss Pamela, "Why should it
be? Our pastures are excellent, and
Judging from what I've seen of your
climate should suppose that your
mutton would taste damp. Two
mutton-chops. then-such as they
are-and some mashed potatoes
you have potatoes?
"Of course, men," replied the Of
Tended Mrs. Bexley.
"And-let me see-are blueberries
ripe yet? What, no blueberries, eth.
er? Does no fruit grow in England,
Mrs. Bexley
Certainly, mem. We have very
fine fruit. Strawberries is the fruit in
season now, mem, and gooseberries.
You could have a tart, men,
II don't care much for tarts," said
Miss Pamela, "unless make the paste
myself. No, Til have good straw
berry shortcake, if you know how to
make one."
"Indeed, mem, don't. We never
use the fruit in that way, ERE in Heng-
land"
"Oh, well," said Miss Pamela, with
the resignation ofdespair. "Just give
me anything you We got, raw or cook
ed. People who are foolish enough to
travel must put up with with what
they can get. But stay, perhaps you
could get an eggplant. No? Good
gracious! didn't you ever near OF green
corn, Or sweet potatoes, or tomatoes
even?"
"Oh, yes, mem, we ave tomatoes,
but they're Ugh just now; three pence
apiece they was yesterday in Covent
Garden, men,"
Three pence-why, that's six cents
of our money-six cents apiece! Well.
1 never would have believed that, if
any one had sworn to it. Why, Mrs.
Bexley, in America, where l live, to-
matoes can be had by the bushel for
next to nothing. Don't youha any
vegetables here except potatoes?"
When she reached the continent,
Miss Pamela felt so very lonely in the
midst of all the life and movement in
which she had no share, that she fell
into the way of timing her plans so as
to travel with an American party,
under the guidance OF a certain Miss
Wise, or to follow and overtake them
wherever they might be. Miss Wise
did not object to this, but the school
girls, who were travelling under her
care, found Miss Pamela source OF
mingled entertainment and vexation.
"She's great fun though" said Matt
tie Allen. "It's really quite impress
sive to see her stand up everywhere ali
over Europe, and protest against
everything that isn't American.
"I wish she din't look so," said
Anita Ward, one of the party. "Real-
ly, I'm quite ashamed to be seen with
her sometimes. She wouldn't be bad
looking if she wore better clothes"
"Bless you, child, that's her consis-
tency again. She doesn't approve of
French fashions. She has informed
me several times, that the fact that
the empress OF this and the queen OF
that wears thus and 50 is no reason,
at all, why sensible people should fol-
low their example. When we go to
Paris, Pm going to use all my inhu.
ence, fatter myself that I have a
little, to get Miss Powell into tied
back dress.
"You might as we'll try to make St.
Ursula and her eleven thousand vir-
gins stylish, as Miss Pamela" declar-
ed Mary Jackson.
Miss Wise and the girls made alittle
detour to Fontainebleau on the way
to Paris, so that Miss Pamela preced-
ed them by couple of days, They
had expected to find her at the Pen.
sion Elise where they had just met,
but she was not there.
"Where do you suppose the queer
old dear has concealed herself? asked
Matte, as day after day passed with
out bringing any news OF the missing
one. Matte had an odd sort offancy
for Miss Pamela, who amused her i'm
mensely, and Miss Pamela reciprocal
ed it.
1t was more than a week before they
found out. Then a note came to Miss
Wise. Miss Pamela had taken an
"appartement," she wrote, in one of
the old streets near the Luxembourg,
and she begged they would all come
to see her.
They found her, settled exactly to
her mind, in two little rooms full of
sunshine, with small stove and a
rocking chair, which she had hired for
a month. She had taken down all
the wax fruit and mirrors with which
she had found the room adorned, and
had made it look as much like New
England "keeping-room," as was pos
sible under the circumstances.
II haven't been so comfortable since
I left home,' she told them. "I've
got a skillet OF my own, and I make
dip toast whenever ! want to. I've
A6u D6kOu OcttlS CWlCCs cuu tucy
tasted quite natural, though the
beans were not the right sort. And I
got q can of that patent cod fish, and
1T made as good fsh-balls as want
to see. If you'll all come to tea some
night we'll have some."
"Why, of course, we will" cried
Matte, "what. fun! But, Miss Pamela,
what is that?" pointing to q table
full OF sewing materials and hall made
garments.
"Well. you see Pvegot to have some
new things to take home. Partly the
neighbors'll expect 1T OF me, and part.
ly because all my things are giving
out at once So l weut to some Of
the dressmakers whose addresses you
gave me, to see what / could do. But,
bless you, not one of them could make
q thing as like it. They've all got
their own patterns and they're bound
to use 'em, and as for the dressmakers,
they were all sure that madame would
like this, and that would become mad
ANS style.
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